Wed 31 May 2017
Dan McKinnon
20:00 (doors 19:30)
Dan McKinnon grew up in a slightly extended family, his maternal grandmother becoming an important part of his home-life after the sudden and tragic death of her husband in 1960. She beguiled Dan and... [more]
Mon 29 May 2017
Synergy Concerts
Pinegrove
19:30 - 23:00
After a number of different releases and years of touring, Montclair, New Jersey's Pinegrove have offered their finest work to date with their newest LP, Cardinal. The band's captivating blend of... [more]
Sat 27 May 2017
Budapest Cafe Orchestra
Budapest Cafe Orchestra
20:00 - 22:00
The Budapest Café Orchestra play traditional folk and gypsy-flavoured music from across the world. Balkan and Russian barnstormers are combined with jazz and swing-inflected Klezmer, Romanian and... [more]
Wed 24 May 2017
Pete Morton
20:00 (doors 19:30)
According to British music magazine, Froots, Leicester-born Pete Morton "is amongst the best that the British roots music scene has produced in living memory." His live performances are not only... [more]
Wed 17 May 2017
Songwriting Competition
20:00 (doors 19:30)
A wee feast of brand new songs performed live – judged by a jury for 1st, 2nd and 2rd prize. And the audience has a say, too – awarding a quaich to the most popular song.Entries (conditions... [more]
Wed 10 May 2017
Fred Morrison
20:00 (doors 19:30)
Fred Morrison was born and raised near Glasgow, but it’s the celebrated Gaelic piping tradition of his father’s native South Uist, in the outer Hebrides, that forms the bedrock of his intensely... [more]
Wed 10 May 2017
Braw Gigs & NEHH present... Ducktails + James Ferraro + Typhonian Highlife
20:00 - 23:00
Ducktails is the solo side project of Matthew Mondanile, a member of Ridgewood, New Jersey-based indie beach bums Real Estate. While not too dissimilar in tone from the sun-kissed pop of his main... [more]
Sun 07 May 2017
Soundhouse Presents: Anna & Elizabeth
20:30 (Doors 20:00)
A collaboration between Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth Laprelle, the pair’s growing acclaim springs from a shared quartet of talents; both are historians, storytellers, visual artists, and... [more]
Sat 06 May 2017
Soundhouse Presents: Rura
20:30 (Doors 20:00)
Steven Blake, Adam Brown, David Foley, Adam Holmes and Jack Smedley’s powerful instrumentals and haunting song craft have impressed at many leading folk festivals – including Celtic Connections,... [more]
Fri 05 May 2017
Soundhouse Presents: The Lowest Pair
20:30 (Doors 20:00)
Rarely will you hear such beautiful American roots music so perfectly performed. Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee have found themselves in the premier league, gaining a reputation as one of the most... [more]
Thu 04 May 2017
Soundhouse Presents: Fourth Moon
20:30 (Doors 20:00)
After years of hiding, Fourth Moon are finally here! And with a killer - albeit unorthodox - line up of musicians, comprising members from Talisk, Ímar, HOLiDAY ON iO and Event Horizon, they... [more]
Wed 03 May 2017
Tom McConville
20:00 (19:30 doors)
Tom was born on Tyneside and brought up in a pub on the famous Scotswood Road with clientele drawn from the Irish and Scottish communities. This is where he first experienced traditional singing and... [more]
Tue 02 May 2017
Soundhouse Presents: Dallahan
20:30 (Doors 20:00)
One of the most thrilling forces in the international folk music scene; heavily rooted in traditional Irish music, but with hugely diverse backgrounds. Calling on their mixed Irish, Scottish and... [more]
Mon 01 May 2017
NEHH presents... Wild Beasts + Man of Moon
20:00 - 23:00
Where 2014's Present Tense album found Wild Beasts in reflective mood, absorbing a fascination with online culture and electronic music, Boy King has them, as Tom Fleming puts it, "back to being... [more]
Mon 01 May 2017
The Flooers O' May
20:30 (Doors 20:00)
Bring in the May flooers with weel-kent performers, including songwriter Karine Polwart reuniting with her old Malinky bandmate Steve Byrne for a one-off duet, fiddler extraordinaire Adam Sutherland,... [more]
Sun 30 Apr 2017
Soundhouse Presents: Event Horizon: Jean Damei & Géza Frank
20:30 (Doors 20:00)
This concept project, devised by Géza Frank & Jean Damei, aims to create a new sort of music, fusing the group's eclectic compositional styles with astrophysical and cosmological themes.... [more]
Sat 29 Apr 2017
Soundhouse Presents: Kaela Rowan Band
20:30 (Doors 20:00)
Kaela Rowan presents songs from her critically acclaimed 2016 release The Fruited Thorn, accompanied by her band James Mackintosh (Shooglenifty, String Sisters, Grit Orchestra) and Ewan MacPherson... [more]
Fri 28 Apr 2017
Soundhouse Presents: Connla
20:30 (Doors 20:00)
Please note: Due to family illness Connla will now be performing as a 4-piece band.Following their Celtic Connections performance at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall in January, Ireland's Connla... [more]
Thu 27 Apr 2017
Soundhouse Presents: Redwood Mountain: Transatlantic Crossings
20:30 (Doors 20:00)
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Dean Owens and traditional fiddle player Amy Geddes come together to form a brand new duo performing transatlantic folk songs. Building on the lyrics of classics from The... [more]
Thu 27 Apr 2017 - Mon 01 May 2017
On The Radical Road: Enacting Hamish Henderson
19:30 - 20:20
A radical theatrical fusion enacting the poems and songs of Hamish Henderson; a visual, choral and dramatic movement, lyrical and declamatory, personal and political. The piece visits Highland,... [more]
Wed 26 Apr 2017
Ragged Glory
20:00 (doors 19:30)
Ragged Glory have kindly stepped in at the last minute for this week’s Edinburgh FC gig since our original guests, Fil Campbell and Tam McFarland, had to cancel due to unforeseen... [more]
Fri 21 Apr 2017
NEHH presents... Eugene Kelly (The Vaselines) + Withered Hand
20:00 - 23:00
Eugene is a Glasgow born musician/songwriter who began writing and recording music in 1987 with The Vaselines.The Vaselines released two singles and one LP on Edinburgh label 53rd & 3rd and... [more]
Wed 19 Apr 2017
Cath & Phil Tyler
20:00 (doors 19:30)
Cath & Phil Tyler play Anglo-American folk music using guitar, banjo, voice and fiddle. Coming together musically through a shared love of traditional narrative song, full voiced sacred harp... [more]
Wed 12 Apr 2017
Ella Munro
20:00 (doors 19:30)
Ella Munro is a young folk singer hailing from the Isle of Skye, on the west coast of Scotland. After studying for five years at the prestigious national centre of excellence in traditional music in... [more]
Tue 11 Apr 2017
Recitals for Wrigglers
Recitals For Wrigglers: Sun, Moon & Stars
10:30
'Recitals for Wrigglers' are concerts especially tailored for babies and toddlers delivered by a professional violinist and cellist.Music by 'real' composers is performed in an informal... [more]
Wed 05 Apr 2017
Gerry Creen
20:00 (Doors 19:30)
Gerry Creen, Belfast born and bred, is acknowledged as one of Belfast’s finest singer songwriters. Having lived all his life in the city Gerry emerged from the vibrant Belfast folk scene of the... [more]
Wed 29 Mar 2017
Sun 26 Mar 2017
NEHH presents… Mick Harvey
20:00 - 23:00
Best known for his collaborative work in with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Mick Harvey has had a varied career spanning the roles of musician, singer-songwriter, composer, arranger and record... [more]
Sun 26 Mar 2017
Simon Thacker
Simon Thacker's Svara-Kanti
19:30 - 22:30
One of Scotland’s most distinctive musical voices and four extraordinary performers tap into the Indian subcontinent’s folk, classical and spiritual traditions to create a gloriously... [more]
Fri 24 Mar 2017
NEHH presents... Rachel Sermanni
20:00 - 23:00
The music of Folk-Noir Balladeer, Rachel Sermanni, has the flesh of Folk but, if you were to cut the skin, you’d find it pumped with contemporary, genre blended blood.Born under a rainbow, in... [more]